Lyndon Johnson: “We have just completed a 2-hour Cabinet meeting and I will summarize briefly statements made at that meeting.”

The mood at the White House this evening is one of cautious optimism.

I hope that our countries are always as close as they are today.

Any reservations or withdrawals heretofore made which affect the lands described above are hereby revoked.

Now, Therefore, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States, under the authority vested in me by section 2 of the act of June 8, 1906, supra, do proclaim that, subject to valid existing rights, the lands owned or controlled by the…